The impact of governance reform on performance and transparency

Journal of Financial Economics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-96

  Price, Richard ^a   Román, Francisco J ^b   Rountree, Brian ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Dividend policy; Earnings management; Performance; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149495603     PISSN: 0304405X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfineco.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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